to study a subject by separating it into its individual parts and examining their inter-relationships (inter- means “between”)

to form an educated guess based on the available evidence

to express indirectly; to suggest without explicit statement

to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to make understandable by freeing from ambiguity and uncertainty

to recognize, understand, and explain a subject’s meaning and/or significance

Hurricane trackers ______ weather patterns to identify conditions that trigger the storms.

Because our instructor was so unclear, I had to continually ask him to _____ and repeat what he was saying.

It is impossible to ______ the results of an experiment without knowing what methods were used to gather data.

Kate’s surprise gift of red roses appears to ______ she has a secret admirer.

Since you did not show up for the first day of work, we will ______ that you are not serious about the job.

On the trip, we needed a guide to _______ the foreign language for us.